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(PEOPLE) -- Note to Hillary Clinton: It's okay to wear a headband again. But this time choose a wide version, preferably cloth, like the ones sported by stars like Minnie Driver, Brooke Shields and Sela Ward.

It's a sleeker style that has "come a long way since the tortoiseshell bands from the drugstore," notes L.A. coiffeur David John. "They've gotten more fashionable."

Wide headbands first made the scene in the '60s and '70s but were replaced by thinner models that "were so big in the '80s," says Manhattan makeup artist Toni Lee Roldan. "It was a preppy look."

What brought the big bands back?

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Pure, unfailing functionality.

"It's an easy way to get your hair out of your face," says hairstylist Calista Sanderson. "It's a neater look than using bobby pins or a barrette."

Plus, taming your tresses with a stylish strip "emphasizes the face," adds John.

And unlike the old plastic versions, the stretchy bands "won't give you headaches," he says. "That's really new."

N.F. Mendoza and Teena Hammond contributed to this report.